Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard

Bosc's fringe-toed lizard or Bosk's [sic] fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa and Western Asia. Three subspecies are sometimes recognised; A. boskianus boskianus, from Lower Egypt; A. boskianus euphraticus from Iraq; and A. boskianus asper from the rest of the range; however this division is unsatisfactory because each subspecies has much variation and the differences between them are not consistent.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Acanthodactylus opheodurus
• Acanthodactylus schreiberi
• Acanthodactylus aureus
• Eremias velox
• Mesalina adramitana
• Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Lacertidae

Genus

Acanthodactylus

Species

Acanthodactylus boskianus

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